John Williams first composer to get AFI's highest honor, The American Film Institute is set to award multiple Oscar-winner John Williams with its highest honor — the 44th annual Life Achievement Award — and it's the first time it's going to a film-score composer.
But what a composer: He holds the record for the most Oscar nominations of any living person — 49 for films between 1968 and 2014.
Williams, 83, who has won five Oscars, will get the award next June at the AFI gala, which will air later on TV on TNT and on Turner Classic Movies.
Williams' five Academy Awards were awarded for Fiddler on the Roof (1972); Jaws (1976); Star Wars (1978); E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983); and Schindler's List (1984).
And by the way, his other awards for his music, including Emmys, Golden Globes, Grammys and BAFTAs, are too numerous to list, but he tops 150 credits across seven decades in film and television, AFI says.“John Williams has written the soundtrack to our lives,” said Sir Howard Stringer, chairman of the AFI board of trustees, in a statement.
“Note by note, through chord and chorus, his genius for marrying music with movies has elevated the art form to symphonic levels and inspired generations of audiences to be enriched by the magic of the movies. AFI is proud to present him with its 44th Life Achievement Award.”A classically epic Williams score is unmistakable on first hearing; AFI says his music has "helped define over half a century of the motion picture medium."
Three of his scores are on 100 Years of Film Scores, AFI's list of the 25 greatest American film scores of all time, including the Star Wars soundtrack at number one.
But what a composer: He holds the record for the most Oscar nominations of any living person — 49 for films between 1968 and 2014.
Williams, 83, who has won five Oscars, will get the award next June at the AFI gala, which will air later on TV on TNT and on Turner Classic Movies.
Williams' five Academy Awards were awarded for Fiddler on the Roof (1972); Jaws (1976); Star Wars (1978); E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983); and Schindler's List (1984).
And by the way, his other awards for his music, including Emmys, Golden Globes, Grammys and BAFTAs, are too numerous to list, but he tops 150 credits across seven decades in film and television, AFI says.“John Williams has written the soundtrack to our lives,” said Sir Howard Stringer, chairman of the AFI board of trustees, in a statement.
“Note by note, through chord and chorus, his genius for marrying music with movies has elevated the art form to symphonic levels and inspired generations of audiences to be enriched by the magic of the movies. AFI is proud to present him with its 44th Life Achievement Award.”A classically epic Williams score is unmistakable on first hearing; AFI says his music has "helped define over half a century of the motion picture medium."
Three of his scores are on 100 Years of Film Scores, AFI's list of the 25 greatest American film scores of all time, including the Star Wars soundtrack at number one.
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